Learning to Love Others without Judging

This week has been a good one! We were able to go to a baptism on Saturday, and that was an amazing spiritual experience for us. I also was the one who got to interview the woman being baptized for baptism. I love being able to perform those interviews. They are always such amazing spiritual experiences. I have only done two of them so far, but I have another one coming up this week, and I am so excited for it! We also taught a lesson this week on judging. I feel like I always learn more about the lesson I'm teaching than the people I'm teaching it to. One of the biggest problems in the world today is stereotyping, or when we think we know someone's situation but really we don't. Sometime we take one look at someone and think we know everything about them. For example, we'll see a beggar on the street and we won't give them money cause we assume they'll spend it on drugs or alcohol (Not that I'm saying you should always give money to people like that. Just an example.) Or we see a big guy walking down the street with chains and a big Mohawk and start to feel nervous, like he's a really mean person. It remind me of the movie Shrek (I used to watch that EVERY SINGLE DAY with Kyle), when Shrek says "People take one look at me and go 'Ah! Help! Run! A big stupid ugly ogre.' They judge me before they even know me." In a funny way, that illustrates what I'm talking about. President Monson last year gave a talk to the relief society about Charity, and not judging others unrighteously. I would encourage you to go online a read that talk again. We all have problems with stereotyping, or judging others unrighteously. I know that if we work on seeing the good in others, rather than what we assume to be their flaws, that our lives will change. "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which He hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of His Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when He shall appear we shall be like Him, for we will see Him as He is; that we may have hope; that we may be purified even as He is pure. Amen." (Moroni 7:48) Love you all!